Resume

About Me

I thrive in competitive and exciting environments with teams that tackle challenging projects. I have a rare personal mixture of logic, analysis, and creativity that allows me to work on both front end and back end development as well as design the IA, layout, and style of applications.

Specialties

GUI Design & Programming
Scrum, Agile, Iterative Development
Usability, User Centered Design, Wireframes, User Testing
PHP, CakePhp
Windows, OS X, Linux, Apache, MySql, PostgreSql
HTML, CSS, Cross-Browser Compatibility
JavaScript, Ajax, JSON, jQuery, Prototype, Scriptaculous
XML, XPath, XSLT
CVS, Subversion, Perforce, Git, Rational ClearCase & ClearQuest, MS Visual SourceSafe
Adobe PhotoShop & Flash
Atlassian Confluence & Jira
Java, Tapestry, JSP, JHTML
Eclipse, WebSphere, DB2, JBoss
C#, ASP, VBScript, MS Visual Basic
IIS, MS SQL Server
Perl, TCL, C/C++

Work Experience

Challenge Games

Senior Developer – Aug 2007 to Present

As the third employee, I started when the company was in a one bedroom apartment in downtown Austin, Tx. I was the lead developer of the company’s flagship game Duels for a year and a half. I built the company’s first Facebook application (for Duels) in two weeks on my own when Facebook applications were in their infancy. I contributed development to four of the five game titles released by the company. Currently doing Front-end Development on new innovative social games.

IBM

User Experience Architect – Aug 2006 to Aug 2007

In August of 2006, Webify was acquired by IBM. After the acquisition I was responsible for the globalization and accessibility of the product. I received IBM’s Bravo award for managing the globalization development and translation testing with a successful release in June 2007.

Webify Solutions, Inc

GUI Designer – May 2004 to Aug 2006

I designed all of the product UIs the company released. This includes three healthcare applications (Anthem, BCBS Arkansas, BCBS Tennessee), two insurance applications (FFIC & RQI Reference App), and the core product which consisted of a rich client (Eclipse plug-in) and a web client. I also developed all of the HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and had a vital role in Tapestry (Java) page and component development.

Austin Computing Solutions

Senior Web Developer – Mar 2002 to May 2004

I quickly jumped into a makeshift ASP development environment for this Microsoft “shop”. I helped expand the development environment to handle full development cycles and better team communication. I developed projects including Online Electrical Efficiency Installation tracking, XML Content Management, Credit Card transactions, Application Processing and Background Checking on Organization Volunteers, CRM Database Management Portal, E-mail Newsletters, and various websites.

Networker, Inc

Senior Web Developer – Nov 2000 to Mar 2002

Known for my ability to quickly adapt to new programming languages and existing projects, I was hired to take the foundation of networker.com and manage/add to the application. NetWorker moved from an event service provider to licensing calendar-based Enterprise Software Packages. The major client was the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas in Austin.

traq-wireless, Inc

GUI Designer – Aug 2000 to Nov 2000

I joined traq-wireless to combine my skills of Internet programming and computer graphics and try to get the best of both worlds. I completely redesigned their application’s interface with new graphics and a custom DHTML interface.

living.com

Web Developer – Jun 1999 to Aug 2000

I quickly learned site programming, infrastructure, JHTML & Java. I helped hire and train new team members. I built and maintained various parts of the web site. I enhanced site performance and scaled for Amazon partnership (Home Living) launch on 5/18/00.